Today, I make over ₦150,000 on a monthly basis through my photography business. I didn't get here by accident. In fact, I saw a lot of hell before I got to where I am today. It took a lot of discipline for me to be able to achieve this great feat. I will be sharing my stories so as to serve as motivation to upcoming photographers or businessmen who are going through certain challenges and feel like "HOPE IS LOST.&quo…
Lately, I have been thinking about a period of my life when money kept me awake at night. I would wake up around 2:00 a.m. in my self-contained apartment in Ifo, Ogun State, pick up my phone and start calculating expenses. It was not because I was completely broke. I was tired of the financial pressure that seemed to grow alongside my salary. At the time, I worked for a manufacturing company that produced personal-care produc…
I used to think going broke before payday was something that happened only to people who were careless with money. Then it happened to me. About six months ago, I began earning approximately ₦150,000 a month from my job. At first, I felt like the salary should be enough for me to live comfortably and still save something every month. But before my first salary even arrived, I had already accumulated debts that needed to be re…
I will never forget how this started. I was living in Ibadan and looking for a side hustle that could supplement my salary. After some indecision, I came across a video online of a woman named Amanda who sold small chops in Lekki, Lagos. In the video, she said she was making at least ₦400,000 a month from the business. I saw that figure, got excited and immediately began thinking about starting the same type of business in Ib…
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I started working as a classroom teacher at a private school in Ifo, Ogun State, on January 5, 2026. At the time, I needed a reliable source of income, so I accepted the position even though the salary was lower than I originally expected. During the interview, I was asked about my expected salary. I initially had ₦120,000 to ₦150,000 in mind, but after seeing the size of the school, I reduced my expectation to between ₦70,00…